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Topic: BANNED PROFILE (Read 1901 times)

For some days now I have been able to access the site from my tablet and my mobile phone and I keep getting the message that I have been banned from using the forum! repeatedly asking about a no risk situation and conclusive negative result. Permanent ban .....This ban is not set to expire

Since I joined the forum, I cant remember ever getting a warning or repeatedly posting about a no risk situation hence I am still in awe how I managed to get myself banned. I 1st got the message when I tried access the forum on my tab on Saturday, it logged me on via my phone however i couldn't gain access on my tab. By Sunday my phone was blocked too.

I am currently using my laptop to access the forum and I have a feeling that this may be blocked too if the issue is not resolved.

I find strength and support here and do plea that my profile be grant access back into the forum.

For what it's worth, I reported this post to the moderating staff. If you were banned by mistake (seems likely) then it ought to be taken care of pretty soon. I reported it in case it took a while for a moderator to get to the Off Topic forum and find your post here.

Logged

"Many people, especially in the gay community, turn to oral sex as a safer alternative in the age of AIDS. And with HIV rates rising, people need to remember that oral sex is safer sex. It's a reasonable alternative."

For what it's worth, I reported this post to the moderating staff. If you were banned by mistake (seems likely) then it ought to be taken care of pretty soon. I reported it in case it took a while for a moderator to get to the Off Topic forum and find your post here.

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

Sky, it was very difficult tracking this IP ban down as it is in no way actually associated with your account.

It turned out to be associated with a WW from the Am I forum who kept trying to create a new account to get around a third and final time out. In frustration, I banned the IP he persistently accessed the site from. It took some digging to find it, but I eventually did.

I removed that particular IP address from the ban trigger list.

I see you have also been blocked from at least one other IP address associated with Blackberry - and this will be because you tried to get online with your phone after you were unlucky enough to stumble on the same IP as the banned one. (your cookies will have registered the ban) This second IP address from which you have gotten error messages does not appear anywhere in our ban trigger list - which is part of why it was so difficult to find the original problem.

What this means is that you will have to delete your cookies from your phone. Once you've done this, you should be able to use your phone to log on.

Sorry if this makes no sense to you - it made no sense to me at first either and lead to me spending several hours over the past few days to figure it all out.

Sorry it took so long - it was just particularly difficult to get to the bottom of what was going on. Sorry for the inconvenience.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Heh.... If I actually were an IT Angel, it wouldn't have taken so long for me to figure out what the hell was going on - and I wouldn't have torn several clumps of hair out of my head in the process either.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Another example of Ann's untiring efforts for the Forums, and her diligence and perseverance. We are lucky to have her.

Love and hugs to you, Ann.....

Alan

Thank you Alan, I really appreciate that - particularly in light of a certain new member who keeps harping on about how poorly he believes these forums to be moderated. If he only knew a fraction of the work that goes into keeping this place running, he'd knock it off already.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts